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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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indifferent breeds, and to a less extent in different animals of the same a, Scapula or shoulder Blade b. Humerus or Arm Bone. c, Ulna. D, Radius. E, Carpal breed. In coarsely-bred Cart-horses Bones, forming the Knee,they reach their greatest dimensions, and sometimes grow outward like veritable horns, in which case theyare usually removed by the smith. The chestnuts are probably the re-mains of a vanished hoof, which in the ancient horse invested a digitcorresponding to the thumb of man. The Knee.—The knee of the horse corresponds to the wrist of man. Itis formed \\\ two rows of small bones, which rest upon the metacarpal bonesbelow, and give support to the forearm above. The upper row comprisesfour bones, and the lower one three. It is a joint of many parts, but al-though complex in its structure its action is limited to the movements offlexion and extension. Passing over it before and behind are some largetendons, which are attached to the bones below and bring them into action.
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^e\\ Fig. 11.—Bones of Left Foreleg 20 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE The Canon.—The region between the knee and the fetlock-joint istermed the canon. It comprises three bones, together with several import-ant tendons and liga-ments. The bonesconsist of the largemetacarpal, or canonbone, and the twosmall metacaijKil, orsplint bones. Thecanon bone occupiesthe central position,and imparts to thefront of the limbits natural roundness.The sjjlint bones areplaced one on eachside, and somewhattowards the back ofthe limb. They areunited with the largemetacarpal bone byshort ligaments, whichin adult animals be-come transformed intobone, and then forma permanent bond ofunion between them.Tlie splint bones arevery important, from thefact of their being theseat of bony excrescencestermed splints, whichoften produce severe andprotractedlameness. Situ-ated in front of the largecanon bone are the greatextensor tendons of thephalanges, and behind it,in the order named, are:the suspensory ligament; th

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